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Arlo Parks is ready to party - without sacrificing the emotional honesty that won her legions of fans

A couple of years ago, Arlo Parks found herself in a nightclub, consoling a complete stranger.

"It was the summer in New York and everyone in the club was super-friendly," she recalls. "But there was a group of girls surrounding their friend, and she seemed really upset.

"I was standing near them and I said something like, 'I hope you're OK', and I got drawn into this whole tale of love triangles and drama."

"We were sort of figuring it out together and, by the end, everyone was like, 'Yeah, you're better off without him'.

"So we all went onto the dance floor and celebrated this decision she'd made for the rest of the night."

It's exactly the sort of experience that inspired the singer's third album, Ambiguous Desire.

A pulsing exploration of party culture and collective movement, it's a departure from the tender, introspective ballads on…